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ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Inventors Gordon T- Brown; Richard H-
Scherer, both of 631 Iron City Dr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15205
[21] APPI' N°-= “0,542 '
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4,549,264 10/1985 Carroll
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4,594,663 6/1986 Nagata C131. ..................... .. 364/401
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Date of Patent:
4,308,588 12/1981 Siwuia .5. ............................ .. 364/715 _
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Continuation of: Ser. No._280,220, Dec. 5, 1988, aban-
Wilkcns’ Robert R, “How Lawyers Can Use Mi
doned, which 15 a continuation-impart of S?- No-
crocomputers”, Byte Magazine May, 1984 pp. 160-167.
21349’ Mar’ 3' 1987’ ‘bandoned'
Dow Jones General Ledge, Byte Magazine May, 1984.
[51] Int. Cl.5 ............................................ .. G06F 15/30
“Rewrdkecping for Small Businesses”, 1985, by Tom
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Fri-man’ Examiner_Ga? o_ Hayes
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Attorney, Agent, or Finn-Walter J. Blenko, Jr. [57] ABSTRACT
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